95. Foûah, sur le Nil
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 22 3/8 × 15 5/8 in. (56.9 × 39.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Joyce F. Menschel Photography Library Fund, 2017
Accession Number
2017.66.18
Art Historical Context
Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey created this striking lithograph, titled *95. Foûah, sur le Nil*, in 1843 during a period of intense European fascination with Egypt and the Nile River. As a French artist and early photographer, Girault de Prangey traveled extensively through the Middle East in the 1840s, documenting ancient sites and everyday landscapes. This work captures the town of Fouah along the Nile, offering viewers a glimpse of Egyptian life and scenery that was still relatively unfamiliar to Western audiences at the time. The choice of lithography as the medium is particularly si...
About the Artist
Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey · 1804–1892
Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey (1804–1892), born in Langres, France, as the sole surviving child of Claude Joseph Girault and Barbe Philiberte Rosine Piétrequin, inherited the lordships of Genevrières and Prangey, adopting his full surname in 1825. After studies at Langres college and in Paris, where he earned baccalauréats in letters (1826) and law (1828), he pursued artistic training under ...